blog post #3

this week the plant didn't change much besides in size. The plant participated in the water cycle through transpiration. In the biosphere, land plants absorb water through their roots and then transport this through their transport system to stems and leaves. This water is needed in photosynthesis, which is the food production process for plants. Transpiration (evaporation of water from the surface of the leaf) then returns water back to the atmosphere and the cycle repeats itself.plants convert atmospheric carbon dioxide to carbon-based compounds through photosynthesis. My plant participated in the water cycle through photosynthesis which is where plants combine carbon dioxide with water. During this process, plants cleave the carbon from the two oxygen molecules and release the oxygen back into the surrounding environment. Plants are primarily responsible for the presence of atmospheric oxygen. In the nitrogen cycle, plants absorb the nitrates from the soil into their roots. Plants cannot obtain nitrogen directly from the atmosphere. Instead, they depend on a process known as nitrogen fixation. Key players in this process are legumes and the symbiotic bacteria which are associated with the legume's root nodules. These bacteria are known as nitrogen-fixing bacteria. These organisms convert nitrogen in the soil to ammonia, which can then be taken up by plants. 

these three cycles seem to help the plant very little in its growth.

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